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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">There are lots of options besides being always for the government preventing an abortion or the government always consenting to an abortion, which were the only options Scott Dredge presented in his question. Further, how many women are forced to have an abortion by a parent or partner, or because they lack education or job <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>opportunities</SPAN></SPAN>?<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Sue Hovey <suehovey@moscow.com>; Moscow Vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, August 27, 2012 7:08 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>A false dilemma is (technically) a dilemma, meaning an "or" sentence,<BR>that is
false. Thus, if two options are given and there are more<BR>options available -- and you offer this as an argument -- then you've<BR>committed the fallacy of false dilemma. Of course, claims could be<BR>bundled together, so this easily expands to other cases. For instance,<BR>7 options are given but at least 8 are available.<BR><BR>I'm interested in knowing what Donovan thinks are the available<BR>alternative left open, after the options that Scott notes are settled.<BR><BR>On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Donovan Arnold<BR><<A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> Sue,<BR>><BR>> Flo Kennedy was no doubt a wise woman.<BR>><BR>> I don't think it is the answers to the question that is the problem with<BR>> Scott Dredge's argument as the false premises used in the question that make<BR>> it a false dilemma. I would defer to Prof.
Campbell on a better explanation<BR>> for false dilemma.<BR>><BR>> Donovan J. Arnold<BR>><BR>> From: Sue Hovey <<A href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</A>><BR>> To: Donovan Arnold <<A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>>; Scott Dredge<BR>> <<A href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</A>>; <A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</A>; <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A>;<BR>> <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> Cc: viz <<A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"
ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:56 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>><BR>> Yes, Donovan. It was Flo Kennedy who stated, “If men could get pregnant,<BR>> abortion would be a sacrament.”<BR>><BR>> If the absence of all options in all situations makes an item a false<BR>> dilemma, then help me understand how any significant multifaceted dilemma<BR>> would not be false. Just an example.<BR>><BR>> Sue H<BR>><BR>> From: Donovan Arnold<BR>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:49 AM<BR>> To: Scott Dredge ; <A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</A> ; <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A> ;<BR>> <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com"
ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> Cc: viz<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>><BR>> Scott,<BR>><BR>> It is still a false dilemma unless it includes all options in all<BR>> situations.<BR>><BR>> To me, abortion is really about a person being able to do with their body<BR>> what they want free from outside interference, not just the government, but<BR>> husbands, boyfriends, parents, employers, their financial situation, etc. I<BR>> think they have that right to do whatever they want so far as it doesn't<BR>> more greatly impact another person's freedom and rights. However, at some<BR>> point, that fetus is a baby, a human, and has rights too. To ignore that<BR>> fact is ignorant.<BR>><BR>> So it is a complex issue. I simply do not agree with the stance that the<BR>> moment a sperm hits an egg it is a person. This is a belief, not a fact,
and<BR>> I don't think it has any basis in law or science, nor should be an opinion<BR>> forced on all people to accept. But at some point a fertilized egg may<BR>> develop in a baby, and at that point it has rights too and those rights need<BR>> and deserve attention.<BR>><BR>> I am also very concerned about women being forced to have abortions. This<BR>> isn't often talked about but I think many women have abortions because of<BR>> pressures and circumstances they are not given the ability to legally deal<BR>> with.<BR>><BR>> The governments role and focus should be to reduce abortions through the<BR>> prevention of unwanted pregnancies and the expansion of women rights so they<BR>> have opportunities to have and raise a baby without getting a social<BR>> demotion while doing so.<BR>><BR>> If fat, old, balding, conservative white rich men could get pregnant<BR>> abortion would be free, legal, and a
tax credit.<BR>><BR>> Donovan J. Arnold<BR>><BR>> From: Scott Dredge <<A href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</A>><BR>> To: <A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>; <A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</A>; <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A>;<BR>> <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> Cc: viz <<A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:01 PM<BR>> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>><BR>> OK - I'll keep expanding the line of questioning if you think I'm
being too<BR>> restrictive on your response choices.<BR>><BR>> 'Do you believe that the government has the right to force a woman to carry<BR>> her pregnancy to term against her will?'<BR>><BR>> 1) Yes<BR>> 2) No<BR>> 3) Maybe - in cases of [insert scenario(s) of when government should<BR>> intervene, method(s) of intervention, punishment to the woman for<BR>> terminating her unwanted pregnancy, punishment to the doctor for terminating<BR>> the woman's pregnancy at her behest]<BR>><BR>> 'Do you believe that the government has the right to force you to carry a<BR>> pregnancy to term against your will?'<BR>><BR>> 1) Yes<BR>> 2) No<BR>> 3) Maybe- in cases of [insert scenario(s) of when government should<BR>> intervene, method(s) of intervention, punishment to you for terminating your<BR>> unwanted pregnancy, punishment to your doctor for terminating your pregnancy<BR>> at your behest]<BR>>
3) Not Applicable<BR>><BR>> -Scott<BR>><BR>> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:15:50 -0700<BR>> From: <A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>> To: <A href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</A>; <A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</A>; <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A>;<BR>> <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> CC: <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>><BR>> Scott,<BR>><BR>> I think your question is a false dilemma.<BR>><BR>> Donovan J.
Arnold<BR>><BR>> From: Scott Dredge <<A href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</A>><BR>> To: <A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>; <A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</A>; <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A>;<BR>> <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> Cc: viz <<A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 9:19 PM<BR>> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>><BR>> Donovan,<BR>><BR>> I think the answer is a simple one if the question is properly asked: 'Do<BR>>
you believe that the government has the right to force you to carry a<BR>> pregnancy to term against your will?'<BR>><BR>> 1) Yes<BR>> 2) No<BR>> 3) Not Applicable<BR>><BR>> -Scott<BR>><BR>> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:26:11 -0700<BR>> From: <A href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>> To: <A href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</A>; <A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</A>; <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A>;<BR>> <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> CC: <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"
ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>><BR>> Scott,<BR>><BR>> I agree with what you say here with the exception of abortion. This is an<BR>> instance where I do see someone that honestly believes babies are being<BR>> killed wanting a legal end to it. I don't disagree that killing babies is<BR>> wrong, or horrific, I just disagree that a fertilized egg is a baby. So to<BR>> me, ending the life an egg and sperm is not murder, only the slaughter of a<BR>> being with a formed, functioning human brain can be murder in my opinion.<BR>><BR>> If infanticide was legal in this country, I would wish the law to be changed<BR>> and strictly enforced to keep innocent babies and infants alive. And since<BR>> many people do see abortion as infanticide, I agree with them to that end<BR>> even if it imposed a restriction on the freedoms of others because murder is<BR>> the greatest restriction of
liberty there is.<BR>><BR>> On other issues, of freedom, such as religion, marriage, how to live your<BR>> life, you are absolutely right about their demands to incorporate their<BR>> religion on all people with the force of law, they are wrong, and it is<BR>> anti-American, and anti-Christian. America is about being free. Christianity<BR>> is about being free to choose and accept Christ, not about forcing<BR>> <SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>Judeo</SPAN>-Christian laws on people. This often just drives people away from<BR>> liking the United States and Christianity.<BR>><BR>> Donovan J. Arnold<BR>><BR>><BR>> From: Scott Dredge <<A href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</A>><BR>> To: <A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</A>; <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A>; <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> Cc: viz <<A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:49 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>><BR>> The religious right have controlling personalities. They not only want to<BR>> preach about how people 'should live their personal lives according to God's<BR>> wisdom', but they also want to force you to live that way by physically<BR>> restricting your access to birth control, to emergency contraception, to<BR>> abortion. I haven't checked Doug Wilson's blog lately, but I'm guessing<BR>> he's thrilled that such 'men' like Paul Ryan and Todd Akin are fighting<BR>> tooth and nail to enshrine God's law into the law
of the land.<BR>><BR>> -Scott<BR>><BR>> From: <A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</A><BR>> To: <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A>; <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:29:11 -0500<BR>> CC: <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>><BR>> Thanks, Nick. Cogent, as usual....too bad the religious right can put their<BR>> hands over their eyes and ignore it....<BR>> Debi R-S<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: Nicholas <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>Gier</SPAN><BR>> To: <SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>lfalen</SPAN><BR>> Cc: vision2020<BR>> Sent: Thursday,
August 23, 2012 1:30 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>><BR>><BR>> How the Body Reacts to Sexual Assault<BR>><BR>> Dana <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Goldstein</SPAN> on August 20, 2012 The Nation<BR>> Embattled US Senate candidate Todd Akin claimed yesterday that “legitimate<BR>> rape” somehow turns off the female body’s reproductive capabilities. As I<BR>> demonstrate below, that is absurd. But it is important to note that Akin’s<BR>> ideology is part of a broader set of misconceptions about how the body<BR>> reacts to sexual assault.<BR>> There’s nothing new about the idea that vaginal lubrication, orgasm and<BR>> pregnancy can occur only after a wanted sexual encounter. None of this is<BR>> true. A 2004 paper from the Journal of Clinical Forensic <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Medicineaddresses</SPAN><BR>> some of these misconceptions. The authors, Roy
Levin and Willy van <SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>Berlo</SPAN>,<BR>> considered reports from doctors, nurses and therapists who work with rape<BR>> survivors. Many of the clinicians had experienced distraught victims’ asking<BR>> why they felt lubrication or even orgasm during rape.<BR>> One British nurse-therapist reported the following:<BR>> “Approximately 1 in 20 women who come to the clinic for treatment because of<BR>> sexual abuse report that they have had an orgasm from previous unsolicited<BR>> sexual arousal. It is not detailed in the [professional] literature because<BR>> the victims usually do not want to tell/talk about it because they feel<BR>> guilty, as people will think that if it happened they must have enjoyed it.<BR>> The victims often say, ‘My body let me down.’ Some, however, cannot summon<BR>> the courage to say even that.”<BR>> Heartbreaking. Levin and van <SPAN id=misspell-10
class=mark>Berlo</SPAN> found that victims report evidence of<BR>> physical arousal in as many as 21 percent of rape cases, even when they also<BR>> report violence and high levels of fear and mental distress. Why? The<BR>> researchers note that many rapes are <SPAN id=misspell-11 class=mark>comitted</SPAN> by acquaintances or romantic<BR>> partners of the victims; initial familiarity or even attraction might be<BR>> supplanted by terror as an encounter becomes coercive. This is relevant, I<BR>> think, to the charges against Julian <SPAN id=misspell-12 class=mark>Assange</SPAN>, who is accused of sexual<BR>> assault for refusing to wear a condom with female partners who had earlier<BR>> consented to sex. If that <SPAN id=misspell-13 class=mark>occured</SPAN>, it is still rape: physical force was used<BR>> to violate the initial, consensual terms of the encounter.<BR>> Then there is the simple fact, obvious to most women,
that the vagina can<BR>> become lubricated during sex as a defense mechanism against tearing and<BR>> pain, regardless of one’s level of enthusiasm or emotional buy-in.<BR>> And it <SPAN id=misspell-14 class=mark>isn</SPAN>’t just women who can experience these confusing sensations. In<BR>> men, Levin and van <SPAN id=misspell-15 class=mark>Berlo</SPAN> actually found some links between “anxiety-inducing<BR>> threats” and increased blood flood flow to the penis.<BR>> All of this is really hard to write and talk about it, because it exists in<BR>> the murky area between what we desire and what we fear. Yes, force can<BR>> provoke arousal, but that <SPAN id=misspell-16 class=mark>doesn</SPAN>’t condone the non-<SPAN id=misspell-17 class=mark>consensualuse</SPAN> of force.<BR>> The authors conclude:<BR>> “A <SPAN id=misspell-18 class=mark>perpertrator</SPAN>’s <SPAN id=misspell-19 class=mark>defence</SPAN>
against the alleged assault built solely on the<BR>> evidence that genital arousal or orgasm in the victim proves consent has no<BR>> intrinsic validity and should be disregarded.”<BR>> One of the many problems with Romney/Ryan-like rape exceptions to broad<BR>> abortion bans is that they encourage anti-<SPAN id=misspell-20 class=mark>choicers</SPAN> to draw a thousand false<BR>> distinctions between worthy and less worthy rape victims, which is what Akin<BR>> was really attempting to do. What he cares about is saving as many fetuses<BR>> as possible, regardless of what calamity befell the women forced to bear<BR>> them. For example, if you were raped by an ex-husband or ex-boyfriend, is<BR>> your fetus as unwanted as that of a woman raped by a stranger? If you were<BR>> raped by a man with whom you were drinking, do you deserve that free pass<BR>> abortion? Non-consensual sex is non-consensual sex. It exerts
unwanted<BR>> control over a woman’s body—as does forced pregnancy.<BR>><BR>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:53 PM, <SPAN id=misspell-21 class=mark>lfalen</SPAN> <<A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Nick<BR>> Most social issues are not hot button items for me. I am more interested in<BR>> economic issues. In general though, I favor more freedom for the individual<BR>> and less interference by the government. I am nether strongly pro-choice or<BR>> pro-life, but tend to be closer to the pro-life position. Abortion should<BR>> not be used as a form of birth control. In extremely rare <SPAN id=misspell-22 class=mark>surrmonstances</SPAN><BR>> such as the life of the mother, her life should dominate. I think that some<BR>> of the positions of some democrats such as partial term abortions and<BR>> allowing a baby that survived
<SPAN id=misspell-23 class=mark>aan</SPAN> attempted abortion is much more extreme.<BR>> Fortunately that is a minority opinion even for democrats.<BR>><BR>> I am not aware of the legislation you mentioned, but I doubt that there is<BR>> any such thing as justifiable rape.<BR>> Roger<BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>> From: Nicholas <SPAN id=misspell-24 class=mark>Gier</SPAN> <A href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</A><BR>> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:26:45 -0700<BR>> To: <SPAN id=misspell-25 class=mark>lfalen</SPAN> <A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>><BR>>> Hi Roger,<BR>>><BR>>> Where do you stand on the extreme, no exceptions GOP plank on abortion?<BR>>> As<BR>>> a local GOP leader you should tell us what you
believe.<BR>>><BR>>> And do you support Ryan after he teamed up with Akin in proposing a bill<BR>>> with "justifiable rape" in it, which is what Akin said he meant when he<BR>>> said "legitimate rape." Fortunately the language was rejected. Ryan and<BR>>> Akin are two peas in a pod with regard to social issues.<BR>>><BR>>> Inquiring mind wish to know.<BR>>><BR>>> Nick<BR>>><BR>>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:12 AM, <SPAN id=misspell-26 class=mark>lfalen</SPAN> <<A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> > The Republicans want him to drop out. His opponent wants him to stay<BR>>> > in.<BR>>> > Apparently both sides think he will be easy to beat. The rumor has it<BR>>> > that<BR>>> > <SPAN id=misspell-27 class=mark>Mccaskill's</SPAN> backers
funneled a lot of money into his campaign in the<BR>>> > primary.<BR>>> > Roger<BR>>> > -----Original message-----<BR>>> > From: Art Deco <A href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</A><BR>>> > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:11:15 -0700<BR>>> > To: <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>>> > Subject: [Vision2020] The GOP War On Women Accelerates<BR>>> ><BR>>> > > V<BR>>> > > [image: The New York Times] <<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target=_blank>http://www.nytimes.com/</A>><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > <<BR>>> ><BR>>> > <A
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class=mark>NoText</SPAN>&goto=http://www.foxsearchlight.com/rubysparks</A><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > ------------------------------<BR>>> > > August 21, 2012<BR>>> > > Akin Controversy Stirs Up Abortion Issue in Campaign By JENNIFER<BR>>> > > <SPAN id=misspell-38 class=mark>STEINHAUER</SPAN><<BR>>> ><BR>>> > <A href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/jennifer_steinhauer/index.html" target=_blank>http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/jennifer_steinhauer/index.html</A><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > WASHINGTON — As an orator, Representative Todd<BR>>> > > Akin<ttp://<BR>>> ><BR>>> > topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/todd_akin/index.html?inline=nyt-per<BR>>> > >of<BR>>> > > Missouri may stand out
for his clumsiness. But as a legislator, Mr.<BR>>> > > Akin<BR>>> > > has a record on abortion that is largely indistinguishable from those<BR>>> > > of<BR>>> > > most of his Republican House colleagues, who have viewed restricting<BR>>> > > abortion rights as one of their top priorities.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > That agenda — largely eclipsed for two years by a protracted fiscal<BR>>> > crisis<BR>>> > > and the fight over how to manage the federal deficit — has wedged its<BR>>> > way,<BR>>> > > for now at least, to the center of the 2012 campaign. It is focusing<BR>>> > > attention on an issue that helped earn Mitt<BR>>> > > Romney<<BR>>> ><BR>>> > <A href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/candidates/mitt-romney?inline=nyt-per"
target=_blank>http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/candidates/mitt-romney?inline=nyt-per</A><BR>>> > >,<BR>>> > > the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, a reputation as a<BR>>> > > flip-flopper, threatening the Republican quest for control of the<BR>>> > > Senate,<BR>>> > > and leaving Representative Paul D.<BR>>> > > Ryan<<BR>>> > <A href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/candidates/paul-ryan?inline=nyt-per" target=_blank>http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/candidates/paul-ryan?inline=nyt-per</A>>of<BR>>> > > Wisconsin, Mr. Romney’s vice-presidential pick, in the uncomfortable<BR>>> > > position of distinguishing himself from Mr. Akin, with whom he has<BR>>> > > often<BR>>> > > concurred.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > It is an agenda that has enjoyed the support of House
leaders,<BR>>> > > including<BR>>> > > Speaker John A. <SPAN id=misspell-39 class=mark>Boehner</SPAN> and Representative Eric Cantor, the majority<BR>>> > > leader, who has called anti-abortion measures “obviously very<BR>>> > > important<BR>>> > in<BR>>> > > terms of the priorities we set out initially in our pledge to<BR>>> > > America.”<BR>>> > It<BR>>> > > became inextricably linked to the near-shutdown of the federal<BR>>> > > government<BR>>> > > last year when an agreement to keep the government open was reached<BR>>> > > only<BR>>> > > after it was linked to a measure restricting abortion in the District<BR>>> > > of<BR>>> > > Columbia.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > Even as Congressional Republicans, including Mr. <SPAN id=misspell-40
class=mark>Boehner</SPAN>, denounced<BR>>> > > Mr.<BR>>> > > Akin’s remark that victims of “legitimate rape” were able to somehow<BR>>> > > prevent pregnancy, an agenda to roll back abortion is one that House<BR>>> > > Republicans have largely moved in step with.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > In an anti-abortion measure once sponsored by Mr. Akin, Mr. Ryan and<BR>>> > scores<BR>>> > > of other Republican lawmakers, an exemption was made for victims of<BR>>> > > “forcible” rape, though that word was later removed.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > *On Tuesday, Republicans approved platform language for next week’s<BR>>> > > nominating convention that calls for a constitutional amendment<BR>>> > > outlawing<BR>>> > > abortion with no explicit exceptions for cases of rape or incest. That<BR>>> >
is a<BR>>> > > view more restrictive than Mr. Romney’s, who has said that he supports<BR>>> > > exceptions to allow abortions in cases of rape. *<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > * *Mr. Ryan’s more conservative views, which have been reflected in<BR>>> > > votes<BR>>> > > that would restrict family planning financing overseas, cut off all<BR>>> > federal<BR>>> > > funds to Planned Parenthood and repeal President Obama’s health care<BR>>> > > law<<BR>>> ><BR>>> > <A href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/health_insurance_and_managed_care/health_care_reform/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" target=_blank>http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/health_insurance_and_managed_care/health_care_reform/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier</A><BR>>> >
>,<BR>>> > > have come into sharp relief as Mr. Akin struggles for his political<BR>>> > > life.<BR>>> > > Mr. Akin and Mr. Ryan each have voted in this Congress for 10<BR>>> > > abortion-restricting measures as well as those that limited other<BR>>> > > family<BR>>> > > planning services.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > Both Mr. Ryan and Mr. Romney have earned praise for their positions<BR>>> > > from<BR>>> > > the National Right to Life group and other anti-abortion<BR>>> > > organizations.<BR>>> > > “The right-to-life Romney/Ryan ticket is now complete,” wrote Barbara<BR>>> > Lyons<BR>>> > > and Sue <SPAN id=misspell-41 class=mark>Armacost</SPAN>, executive director and legislative director for<BR>>> > Wisconsin<BR>>> > > Right to Life, on the organization’s Web
site.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > It is a legislative theme Democrats plan to highlight, even as House<BR>>> > > Republicans try to keep the focus on economic issues.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > “All you need to know is that the House Republicans were willing to<BR>>> > > shut<BR>>> > > down the government rather than fund Planned Parenthood,” said<BR>>> > > Representative Nancy <SPAN id=misspell-42 class=mark>Pelosi</SPAN>, the House Democratic leader, in an e-mail<BR>>> > > on<BR>>> > > Tuesday. “This is in keeping with their efforts — whether it’s<BR>>> > Congressman<BR>>> > > Akin or Chairman Ryan or others — to deny investments in critical<BR>>> > > women’s<BR>>> > > health services, weaken the definition of rape, and take away access<BR>>> > > to<BR>>> > >
preventive care like cervical and breast cancer screenings.”<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > The House Republican agenda has troubled the half-dozen or so<BR>>> > > Republican<BR>>> > > House members whose views differ from those of their colleagues.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > “I have time and again spoken out against this to leadership,” said<BR>>> > > Representative Robert <SPAN id=misspell-43 class=mark>Dold</SPAN> of Illinois, who is in a tough re-election<BR>>> > > battle. “I’<SPAN id=misspell-44 class=mark>ve</SPAN> tried to talk to them about the issues that we ought to<BR>>> > > be<BR>>> > > moving forward on, like out-of-control spending.”<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > Mr. <SPAN id=misspell-45 class=mark>Dold</SPAN> has voted in favor of half of the abortion restriction<BR>>> > > measures<BR>>> >
in<BR>>> > > this Congress, far fewer than most of his colleagues. “There is no<BR>>> > question<BR>>> > > that there are times when I may disagree with a vote that’s brought to<BR>>> > the<BR>>> > > floor,” he said in an interview, “and the majority of my Republican<BR>>> > > colleagues, but that is just part of what we deal with every day.”<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > There have long been lawmakers, like Mr. Akin, whose main legislative<BR>>> > > agenda centers on the abortion issue. They got a boost after the 2010<BR>>> > > election when a large group of conservative members joined them.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > Mr. Romney’s views align with that of the Mormon Church, which opposes<BR>>> > > abortion except in cases of rape and incest or when the life of the<BR>>> > > woman<BR>>> >
> is in danger. He has said he is personally opposed to abortion; as a<BR>>> > Mormon<BR>>> > > bishop in the 1980s he attempted to talk a congregant out of<BR>>> > > terminating<BR>>> > a<BR>>> > > pregnancy after doctors advised her to do so because of a potentially<BR>>> > > lethal blood clot.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > But abortion has proved to be a politically volatile topic for Mr.<BR>>> > Romney,<BR>>> > > whose evolving views have disappointed liberals and stirred distrust<BR>>> > among<BR>>> > > conservatives.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > In 1994, when he challenged Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Mr. Romney said<BR>>> > > he<BR>>> > > would “not force our beliefs on others on that matter.” In 2002, as a<BR>>> > > candidate for governor, he claimed to support “the
substance” of Roe<BR>>> > > v.<BR>>> > > Wade. By 2005, though, when he was beginning to consider a<BR>>> > > presidential<BR>>> > > run, he had reversed course and described himself as a “pro-life<BR>>> > > governor<BR>>> > > in a pro-choice state.” Now, as a presidential candidate, he refers to<BR>>> > > himself as solidly “pro-life.”<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > Aides to Mr. Romney declined to say on Tuesday whether he would call<BR>>> > > on<BR>>> > the<BR>>> > > convention delegates to reconsider their position on abortion.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > <SPAN id=misspell-46 class=mark>Reince</SPAN> <SPAN id=misspell-47 class=mark>Priebus</SPAN>, the chairman of the Republican National Committee,<BR>>> > > tried<BR>>> > to<BR>>> > > deflect questions on behalf of
Mr. Romney, saying on Fox News that<BR>>> > > “this<BR>>> > is<BR>>> > > the platform of the Republican<BR>>> > > Party<<BR>>> ><BR>>> > <A href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org" target=_blank>http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org</A><BR>>> > >;<BR>>> > > it is not the platform of Mitt Romney.”<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > The idea of outlawing any exceptions for abortion is not new in<BR>>> > > American<BR>>> > > political discourse or in legislation, nor are proposals to narrow the<BR>>> > > definition of rape to distinguish between what some call “forcible<BR>>> > > rape”<BR>>> > > and cases involving statutory rape or even some
types of date rape.<BR>>> > > Anti-abortion activists have long been concerned that women would<BR>>> > > falsely<BR>>> > > claim to have been raped to gain an exemption to terminate a<BR>>> > > pregnancy.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > Historians and other experts on abortion politics say the<BR>>> > > no-exceptions<BR>>> > > idea became part of the debate virtually as soon as Roe v. Wade<BR>>> > > legalized<BR>>> > > abortion in 1973. “It has deep roots,” said Donald <SPAN id=misspell-48 class=mark>Critchlow</SPAN>, a<BR>>> > > historian<BR>>> > > at Arizona State University who has studied abortion politics. He<BR>>> > > added,<BR>>> > > “It’s appealing to segments within the Republican Party to show that<BR>>> > you’re<BR>>> > > pro-life.”<BR>>> >
><BR>>> > > Susan Cohen, director of government affairs for the <SPAN id=misspell-49 class=mark>Guttmacher</SPAN><BR>>> > Institute, a<BR>>> > > research group in Washington that supports abortion rights, said the<BR>>> > > no-exceptions idea is “not new and it’s not fringe.”<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > “It is something that has been part of mainstream anti-abortion<BR>>> > movement,”<BR>>> > > she said. “The record is replete with evidence of the fact that there<BR>>> > > was<BR>>> > > this no-exceptions attitude, and of course this makes logical sense<BR>>> > > from<BR>>> > > the perspective of people who believe an embryo should have the same<BR>>> > legal<BR>>> > > status as you and I do.”<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > In the 1992 election, the Republican Party included
in its platform<BR>>> > > language opposing abortion, allowing no exceptions and calling for a<BR>>> > > constitutional amendment to make abortion illegal. Similar language<BR>>> > > opposing any exceptions was included in 2000 and 2004, even though<BR>>> > > George<BR>>> > > W. Bush also supported outlawing abortion except in cases of rape,<BR>>> > incest,<BR>>> > > or when the life of the woman was in danger.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > Four years ago, the Republican Party adopted a platform seeking an<BR>>> > > unconditional ban on abortion, though its nominee, Senator John<BR>>> > > McCain,<BR>>> > had<BR>>> > > urged the party in the past to allow certain exceptions. After this<BR>>> > year’s<BR>>> > > abortion plank language was approved with little debate, the chairman<BR>>>
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